Deep reinforcement learning, a subfield of machine learning that combines reinforcement learning and deep learning, takes what’s known as a reward function and learns to maximize the expected total ...

Minecraft is one of the most popular online games in history, and Aaron E. Walsh, founding director of the Immersive Education Initiative (iED), says it's the perfect environment for his ...

Yep, you read that correctly. A newly announced Minecraft cat competition is giving one lucky player the chance to see his/her feline friend added to Mojang’s perennially popular build ’em up. In ...

A team at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is hoping to see how well AI can do at free-form creativity since it does so well with Chess and Go. Thus, NYU Tandon is hosting the first AI Minecraft ...

There aren’t many gaming experiences that can top playing your favorite game on the big screen. This is exactly what young Minecraft players can expect from Super League’s City Champs competition ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – One of the best-selling games is now being used as an educational tool. The City of Jacksonville launched a citywide Build Challenge with Minecraft Education for students in Duval ...

In a nod to the game’s growing popularity among makers and builders of all ages, the Immersive Education Initiative is launching the first in a series of competitive international “builder” ...

If you’ve got kids, or have been one recently, you’ve no doubt heard of Minecraft, which has over 125 million monthly users worldwide. In the online video game, players build stuff while trying not to ...